up

  • (a) being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
    • the anchor is up
    • the sun is up
    • he lay face up
    • he is up by a pawn
    • the market is up
    • the corn is up
  • (r) spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
    • look up!
    • the music surged up
    • the fragments flew upwards
    • prices soared upwards
    • upwardly mobile
    upward, upwardly, upwards,
  • (s) out of bed
    • are they astir yet?
    • up by seven each morning
    astir,
  • (r) to a higher intensity
    • he turned up the volume
  • (s) getting higher or more vigorous
    • its an up market
    • an improving economy
    improving,
  • (r) nearer to the speaker
    • he walked up and grabbed my lapels
  • (s) extending or moving toward a higher place
    • the up staircase
    • a general upward movement of fish
    upward,
  • (r) to a more central or a more northerly place
    • was transferred up to headquarters
    • up to Canada for a vacation
  • (s) (usually followed by "on" or "for") in readiness
    • he was up on his homework
    • had to be up for the game
  • (r) to a later time
    • they moved the meeting date up
    • from childhood upward
    upward, upwards,
  • (s) open
    • the windows are up
  • (s) (used of computers) operating properly
    • how soon will the computers be up?
  • (s) used up
    • time is up

Verbs

  • (v) raise
    • up the ante

Synonyms

upward upwardly upwards astir improving

Antonyms

down downward downwardly downwards

See also

ascending high

Words of close approximity

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